It’s no secret that the factors that motivate salespeople to change the way they work have to be pretty simple: Help them spend more time selling and less time scrounging for information and telling managers what they’re doing. We didn’t think of it as social selling; we thought of it as improving sales productivity,” Burnette said of the pilot. Familiarity Breeds Intent.

The grappling I’m doing is internal and has less to do with Google Plus and more to do with my own work habits and schedule. Google Plus gives us an outstanding set of tools – and they continue to add new tools and improve what’s already there. I’ve been using Hangouts as a forum for meetings (individual and group sessions) – and that’s been fantastic.

Tweet We recently highlighted the surge in ‘ Chinese Pinterest clones ’ on this blog and when asked by the BBC to comment on an article on the same topic , I mentioned “I am looking to these Chinese clones to provide the next key paradigms in social commerce.” Two days later, we excitedly read the McKinsey China report on ‘ China’s Social Media Boom ’; the results were impressive. Social Commerce.

Often, we change things based on what we see in front of us, or based on perceptions of what we feel is in front of us. It may be that our sales channels are bringing in less than 12 months ago; so we change the sales team or manager. Or, our customers are leaving in numbers that are scary; so we change the customer service team or manager. Take Nintendo, for example. The Nintendo Guide to Sight.

Yes, if you start with a bunch of great content you can draw from: blog posts, articles, notes, lists, research. And are ruthlessly focused on shipping something in 8 weeks. But the fact is, it probably does take 10,000 hours to learn how to write well. If not 10,000, then a lot of time over a period of years
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The next era we are about to witness is technological collaboration enabled by related technology and the resulting impact will change everything. The 21st Century business model is one where service-users become partners rather than customers and where context is as important as the transaction. At the heart of this new era of collaboration is a set of paradigm shifts being fueled by discrete ‘enabling’ technologies and innovations. Business is moving to the unusual and the leaders are those who will think about different things rather than just think differently.
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One of the main problems with running your own business is that entrepreneurs often become too much of a jack of all trades and master of none. We spend too much time trying to run everything ourselves and become quite inefficient. Instead of focusing on the core activity of our businesses, you know, the one that actually creates value and brings home the bills, we waste time in running other tasks. perfect example is the management of your Google Adwords account. Becoming an expert in Google Adwords takes a lot of practice and research. Which one is the best for your business?
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Just another quick roundup of MUST READ posts you may have missed: 1. What Does a Washington Post Blogger Resigning Say About the State of Digital Publishing? Maggie McGary) – Maggie has that knack of pushing through to the harder questions when everyone else (including me) just buys what we’re told. All I can think when I read stories like this or hear of similar experiences from my professional peers is “I don’t get it.” ” Everyone knows that the traditional publications model is dying. And for many, hashtags are still a fairly new concept. socialbiz.
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Tweet As far as hard social media news goes, there’s not much to tell ya this week. Sorry folks. We do have plenty of other great stuff to share though, so let’s jump right in. The Links: Klout is supposedly launching branded pages soon. er, “squads” so you can see the exact people who are the biggest influencers of your brand. The real question, though, is does it all matter? click here ). Speaking of Klout, what does your score really mean? click here ). Putting social media into your traditional advertisements is effective after all. click here ). Quite interesting.
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